§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give the cost to his Department of employing management or computer consultants for each year from 1983 to 1987.
§ Mr. Butcher[holding answer 29 February 1988]: My Department's expenditure from 1983 on computer consultants in support of central management services are as follows:
£000 1983–84 1,686 1984–85 3,309 1985–86 5,488 1986–87 5,520 11987–88 5,280 1 Estimated. Expenditure on management consultants is not recorded separately from other consultancy spend.